ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,438, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"In-memory computation device for implementing at least a multilayer neural network" was invented by Marcella Carissimi (Treviolo, Italy), Marco Pasotti (Travaco' Siccomario, Italy) and Riccardo Zurla (Binasco, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-memory computation (IMC) device is configured to receive input data and provide intermediate output data. A word line activation circuit receives input data and provides corresponding word line activation signals. A memory array includes memory cells in a matrix arrangement coupled to bit lines and t...